How to Pray for Muslims During Ramadan 2018

Ramadan starts tonight for the Muslims in this world.  Last year I did something different by walking along side daily with Frontiers, they showed me how we can pray for Muslims during this time.  Here is last year's post.  Maybe you don't know much about Ramadan and are wondering what's it all about.  Here is an informational link about it, similar to the one I linked to last year.

Last year was eye opening for me.  I wrote a couple more posts about this as well, you can read them here(Followup 1) and here(Followup 2).

If you sign up this year, here, the point of view is different from last year, it's a family's journey to share the Gospel.  I look forward for my heart to understand more about this culture and how to pray for their salvation.  Each of us need a savior, we should be saddened by how many people grab hold of something else instead.  It should spur us on.  Sometimes fear gets in the way and it does it because we don't understand or we are selfish.  When I focus on others I learn way more about myself in the process and how I need to change.

I encourage you to join me in prayer this year.

A lot of times we become apathetic about our salvation. We forget that there are others in this world that don't have a savior.  When we join in prayer for those people so much can happen.

Got Questions about Ramadan or Muslims?

There is a great resource that explains the differences between Muslims and Christians, check out https://www.gotquestions.org.  Try typing in Ramadan and you will see quite a few articles explaining the differences.

Mark 8:34 

Then he called the crowd to him along with his disciples and said: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. 

May 1st-May Day! Mayday mayday mayday!

Ever wonder about the 1st of May-May Day and it's origins, you can check it out here. Although we don't celebrate it in the states anymore-we celebrate Labor Day, you can check out my blog about that here.

I prefer to think about it as a welcome to Spring instead. Here in NH the weather is warmer and the sun is shining more than not. It's a time for a fresh start, a do over-what ever you want to call it.  Like the perennial flowers that bloom in our yard this time of year, they get to start over. Why not us?

I was reading a devotional this morning that talks about faith in an interesting way.  Most of us can't identify an evergreen tree. You really only notice them when it turns winter. It can be hard to tell the difference between them in the other seasons. When winter sets in it can become a lot clearer which trees hold onto their leaves and which don't.  The same can be said in our spiritual lives.  Perhaps we don't really know what we are made of until we encounter winter, when things feel off, things are tough and that's when we find out what kind of spiritual walk we have, how we truly worship God.

For me, it's a struggle every day to get into the word, never mind actually feel like I'm getting something out of it. When tough times come it's a reminder of how close or far away from God we truly are.  So, if you are in a place-a little farther away that you would like to be, start fresh. It's May!  Sometimes it's re-evaluating monthly, sometimes weekly, for me lately it's daily, sometimes even hour to hour.

A lot of us don't really understand the struggles of others and how well off we are.  It can be hard without some type of context.  If you haven't engaged with Voice of the Martyrs ministries, I implore you to do so now.  Check out my post here.

Ramadan is coming this month, it starts on May 15th. I am ramping up to engage myself in praying for others during that time frame.  I wrote a couple of blog posts about that last year, this is one of them and to this day it remains my highest hit post on my blog. 

This year you can sign up here.  I look forward to learning more about other cultures and taking the time to focus my prayers on people who need them.

Don't forget to pray for yourself as well.  It's a connection to the Father through Jesus that we often take for granted in this life.

Do you feel like you are failing, falling or in need of help today?  Why not call out Mayday, Mayday, Mayday to our heavenly father?  

We seemed to be beholden to time, but Our Father in Heaven, well his love endures forever.

Psalm 136

Forever God is faithful, Forever God is strong, Forever God is with us.....